Senator Patrick Leahy

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Healthcare in America is in crisis. At last count over 46 million Americans currently have no health insurance, and many more forgo insurance for at least part of each year. Disparities in health care access and quality are far too common and costs are growing at unsustainable rates. Senator Leahy has been a champion of expanding access to affordable health care, investing in life-saving biomedical research, and educating and recruiting our next generation of health care professionals. He has also advocated for the passage of many important pieces of legislation, including bills that would legalize the importation of prescription drugs, provide parity for mental health insurance benefits, remedy our nation’s nursing shortage and expand the health care safety net.

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Vermont Delegation Asks Bush Administration To Revisit Decision That Prevents Full Implementation Of Catamount Health Care Program August 29, 2007

Leahy And Others Introduce Bill To Bar Big Drug Firms From The Gambit Of Pushing 'Authorized Generics' July 20, 2006

Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Stem Cell Research Offers Hope To Millions 07/18/06

Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on Medical Malpractice Legislation - 05/08/06

Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on the Debate Over Medical Malpractice Legislation - 05/04/06

Leahy Hails Opening of Dialysis Unit at Newport Hospital - 03/24/06

Leahy And Jeffords Push For Fixes To Medicare Drug Benefit Plans - 01/20/06

Leahy Backs Bill To Give Seniors Greater Leeway, Plus One Penalty-Free 'Do-Over,' In Enrolling In Medicare Drug Benefit Plans - 11/16/05

Leahy And Sanders Call For Greater Access To Reimported Prescription Drugs - 07/14/2004

Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Medicare Prescription Drug Bill Conference Report - 11/25/2003

Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On His Decision To Oppose The Compromise Prescription Drug Bill - 11/21/2003

Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Administration's Proposed Plan For Prescription Drug Coverage - 10/22/2002

Senate Approves Leahy Bill To Expose 'Sweetheart Deals' That Keep Lower-Cost Generic Drugs Off The Market - 06/26/2003

Floor Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy "The Drug Competition Act Of 2003" - 06/20/2003

Senator Patrick Leahy Joins In Introducing Bill To Preserve Prescription Drug Discounts For Americans From Canadian Distributors - 02/27/2003

All Vermont Seniors Would Have Prescription Drug Benefit Under Leahy-Backed Bill - 07/22/2002

Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy: Graham-Miller Amendment to S. 812, the Greater Access to Affordable Prescriptions - 07/23/2002

Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On The President's Proposal To Weaken Standards For Medical Privacy - 04/29/2002

Press Release - Leahy, Waxman Target Sweetheart Deals That Delay Low-Cost Generic Drugs - 04/26/2001

Chief Sponsor, Medical Information Privacy And Security Act - 08/21/2000

Leahy Joins President and Congressional Allies In Proposing New Medicare Benefit To Cover Prescription Drugs 74,000 Vermont seniors and 12,000 disabled Vermonters rely on Medicare - 05/10/2000

Confidentiality Of Health Care Information Before The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions 04/27/1999

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